🐕🧬 Researchers at the University of #Georgia analyzed over 3,000 #dogs, #wolves, and #coyotes to identify #DNA variants near the MSRB3 gene that determine ear length.

The study explains why #bassethounds have long, droopy ears while #rottweilers have short, stubby ones – traits shaped by both natural #evolution and selective breeding.

👉 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-00071-4

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Gorgeous Rottweiler 💞

Fun fact: Many Rottweilers are pacifierists.

  https://cutetropolis.com/2025/10/15/rottweiler-dog-pacifier/  

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Grooming time!

Via @blackandtanpearls

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